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Summary: Use certain techniques to play jazz improvisation for advanced jazz sax players; learn how with tips from our expert jazz sax player in this free sax video music lesson.

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Mitch Kaplan Proficient on multiple instruments, Mitch Kaplan has performed and taught music for two decades. He is also a published author of music education books and on... read more

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by budhi

hi, how are you ? when i download your video lesson in expertvillage.com i'll have trouble in my internet connection, woud you please sent me by email about lesson of How to Play Jazz Saxophone by Mitch Kaplan, iam the beginner for the saxophone player so i need the all lesson anything for saxophone, and i love Jazz. Iam sorry about my very bad english, but i now you undestand what i mean. Thank you, Best Regards Budhi Suhradi

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Types of Jazz Saxophone Improvisation

Hi! For Expert Village this is Mitch Kaplan. In this clip we will be talking about how to improvise. Now, there are three main types of improvisation. The first type is by taking a melody and embellishing upon it. Second type is by using chords and figuring out how to improvise over the chords and later on in the 60s, it developed and it became modal or more scales where it influenced and influenced many of the musicians on how to improvise. Now, first they say that the first improvisation happened with Lewis Armstrong when he dropped his music during a recording session. The very interesting thing, he had to keep playing and so all of a sudden playing, he had to come up with something quick and cover over his mistake. Well, that is how they say improv came about.

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